For the past few years astronomer Don Winget has been using the Z Machine, the world’s largest x-ray generator, to create white dwarf “star stuff” here on earth. When he put a photograph of the Z Machine up on the projector, in his Astronomy 301 course, it inspired fine arts student Leah Flippen to begin …
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Don, I am overwhelmed. Michelangelo must have had you in mind when he painted the picture in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. It depicts the finger of God imparting a bit of Himself to mankind. He has given you a glimps of a tiny bit of His awesome universe not previousley seen. "The heavens declare the glory of God" (Psalm 19)
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. I am sharing it with all my friends who are Astro grad students, who are teachers/educators, and who are lovers of science.